Ugh

[patgund]

Theocrats to Pray for McCain's Death

"The more theocratic elements of the Religious Right have a disturbing habit, (more like a practice) of invoking "imprecatory prayer" -- a call for God to literally pour his wrath down on those they consider to be his enemies. Last year, for example, Rev. Wiley Drake, then a Second Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention made news when he called on his followers to pray for God to smite members of the staff of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. (Drake was angry that the organization had reported Drake to the IRS for endorsing Mike Huckabee on church stationary, among other apparent abuses of his church's 501(c))(3) tax-exemption.)

The most recent target of theoractic imprecations is none other than Republican presidential candidate John McCain. They hope that an act of God will make Sarah Palin president."

Comments

[ophy.livejournal.com]

Geebus.

I love how they're already assuming a Republican win in November.

Ya know, crap like this really makes me understand a bit about how the rest of the world doesn't like us all that much.

[cormac.livejournal.com]

Given the Religious Right's poor prayer aim (they got the "rain of biblical proportions," but not over Denver, and not during the DNC convention) they might end up snuffing Palin instead.

[loli-cat.livejournal.com]

...invoking "imprecatory prayer"

Gee and in college when playing D&D we called it 'divine intervention'...